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The leatherback turtle named Ibélice. Click to view an enlarged picture.
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Turtle Name: Ibélice
Deployment location
Chiriqui beach, Panama
Chiriqui beach, Panama
Deployment coordinates
9.011 N 81.71 W
Deployment date
June 16, 2006
Current location
See 'Tracking entries' below
Team in charge of deployment & tracking
- CCC
- WWF
Carapace length
156.1cms
Flipper/pit tag number
RF tag: V4236
LF tag: VA4246
::: Remarks :::
Ibélice is an adult female leatherback sea turtle that was encountered nesting in Zone 4 on Chiriquí Beach in Panama on June 16, 2006. She measured 156.1 cm in curved carapace (shell) length which is slightly larger than the average size (152 cm). Ibélice had first been encountered nesting and was flipper tagged with Monel metal tags on Chiriquí Beach in 2001.
Since then she had lost one of her flipper tags, but was retagged earlier in 2006 while nesting on Long Beach, Panama, located about 70 km north. She had also been seen earlier during the 2005 season. A harness with a satellite transmitter was applied after she finished nesting.
